OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has issued a guide called Standing Together: An Emergency Planning Guide for America’s Communities for ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) describes an emergency as “any unplanned event that can cause deaths or significant injuries to employees, customers or the public; or that can shut down ...

FEMA has unveiled the 2024 edition of its “Planning Considerations: Putting People First” guide, aimed at equipping emergency management professionals and community planners with tools and strategies ...

Learn why having an emergency fund is important. Discover strategies on how to plan, build, and store it effectively. Protect ...

As a parent, you’ll do anything to protect your kids from danger, and the best way to do that is to have a plan. In this guide, we’ll discuss how to create an emergency plan, talk about essential ...

Planning is an important avenue to community emergency preparedness. The practice of emergency response planning is best thought of as a process - a continuing sequence of analyses, plan development, ...

A comprehensive new CSXT emergency planning guide is now in place in more than 2,500 state and local emergency response and planning agencies across the eastern United States. The new manual gives ...

Purdue University has incorporated major emergency planning programs into its Integrated Emergency Management Plan (IEMP). The plan considers all phases of emergency management operations in order to ...

Matt is chair of the firm’s OSHA and workplace disasters practice group and former chair of the labor and employment practice group. He has successfully handled hundreds of agency proceedings, ...